Project Gutenberg 2012-11-23 Public domain in the USA. 12356 Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft 1797 1851 Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley, Mary W. Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus $aUnited Kingdom :$bLackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, $c1818. Reading ease score: 64.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. The 1831 edition is also available: eBook #42324 Wikipedia page on this work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Revised by Richard Tonsing. "Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus" by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is a novel written in the early 19th century. The story revolves around Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who becomes obsessed with creating life, leading him to construct a living being from reanimated body parts. The book explores themes of ambition, the consequences of man's desire to play God, and the isolation that arises from the act of creation. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Robert Walton, an explorer, who writes letters to his sister while embarking on an ambitious expedition to the North Pole. Walton describes his enthusiasm for adventure and the mysteries of the Arctic, but also expresses a deep longing for companionship. After some harrowing events, Walton rescues a distressed and emaciated man—Victor Frankenstein—who begins to share his tragic tale. As he recounts the story of his early life, the loss of loved ones, and his blinding pursuit of scientific knowledge, a sense of dread and foreshadowing permeates the narrative, hinting at the monstrous consequences of Frankenstein’s obsession. This opening establishes a captivating framework that sets the stage for the intense exploration of humanity, morality, and the impulse to transcend natural limits. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Horror tales Gothic fiction Scientists -- Fiction Monsters -- Fiction Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character) -- Fiction Frankenstein's monster (Fictitious character) -- Fiction PR Text Precursors of Science Fiction Science Fiction by Women Browsing: Gender & Sexuality Studies Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 452722 452429 2024-10-17T12:11:19.149422 2023-09-18T06:29:39.214373 text/html text/html 453938 2022-08-19T11:42:10 text/html 369396 2024-10-17T12:11:24.697367 application/epub+zip 369520 2024-10-17T12:11:19.764455 application/epub+zip 272431 2024-10-17T12:11:19.453446 application/epub+zip 474021 2024-10-17T12:11:28.709406 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 447910 2024-10-17T12:11:24.389400 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 351182 2022-09-19T03:49:58.960878 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 438155 437938 2024-10-17T12:11:18.573453 2023-09-18T06:29:38.779360 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 437976 2021-11-02T11:20:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22466 2024-10-17T12:11:28.852352 application/rdf+xml 20225 2024-10-17T12:11:19.529425 image/jpeg 2905 2024-10-17T12:11:19.491437 image/jpeg 164837 2021-11-02T14:20:01 application/octet-stream application/zip 276735 2022-08-19T11:44:18 application/octet-stream application/zip 307862 2024-10-17T12:11:19.200398 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia